Illness anxiety at its peak amid COVID 19

[karthiknpalanisamy]

I am 30 year old married man and wife is 9 month pregnant i have had illness anxiety before 2 year about the heart and i have visited tons hospital and rushed to hospital ER for many many times and at a point i learnt how to cope it up and i was very much fine for the past 2 years and suddenly this virus Covid came and triggered all my anxiety again. A week back i felt some chill and checked my temperature its was 99f, thats it everything with horrible and i was dying inside for the each and every second from that and i was crying in fear whether i could spread it to my family of senior citizens and my pregnant wife so i immediately went for the check up and by gods grace it came back negative and after that i was fine for couple of days and again it started and one day i put my finger inside my nose it was wet and also i heard running nose was a newly included symptom of corona then the fear started till now i was in blue heavy panic all the time i can't convince myself that i was fine i lost my happiness and lost myself.

DO anyone feeling the same with this kind of feeling in this pandemic.

[dion2112]

I completely understand what you are going through, covid-19 has definitely been a very difficult Journey with my mental health, I have had many bad panic attacks due to this all my anxiety is some days difficult to control, I understand how difficult it is to shut it off. Hang in there and know that you are doing the best you can!

You are not alone when it comes to anxiety because of this many people are going through the exact same thing

congratulations on your new baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hazenriquez]

I felt the same way few days ago, I went for a walk at the park and it was midday so it was awfully hot outside. I was driving home and the ac was blasting I felt a bit of a chill, came home and took a shower and I just felt like heat was coming out of my body. Scared that I might have a fever I checked my temp right away and it was 100.1. I was so scared thinking I have it already. My thoughts were all over. Anxiety kicked in so bad. So I called my mom and she tried to calm me down and that maybe it was because I came from such a hot weather and took a hot shower that is why my temp were up. Plus I felt perfectly fine. So she suggested to take it again after a few hours and it did go down to 98.9. But even with that result my anxiety was still through the roof. I felt like I was dying, I was not even worried about the covid anymore but I felt like I was going to have a heart attack. I talked my self out by saying I’m fine, I listened to music and did breathing exercises. It helped but then it came back again. Good thing my friend was still awake at 11pm so I called her. Told her everything and she consoled me. She listened to me but eventually changed the topic so I won’t keep thinking about it. Eventually I calmed down and fell asleep. I suggest stay away from checking your temp unless you really feel sick and hot or stop overthinking every symptoms you feel. The weather does awful things to our body. I have non allergic rhinitis and I feel like I have a cough all the time cuz if nasal drip, so I get scared. But I remind myself that I’ve had it even before covid started. Try not to overthink. If it happens again just check the CDC guidelines for the exact symptoms and compare it if that is what actually you’re feeling. Stay safe and always do the proper guidelines against covid. 🙂 Hang in there, I know it’s been tough but you are not alone and we are all doing the best we can. Just keep going, one step at a time, and we will all win this battle. 🙂

[Jadedoe]

I have felt weird things like my taste buds r off and different things. Basically yes we probably all have once or 2 have been like "oh crap is this corona " lol. I would focus on my baby and things u enjoy. If its really bugging u call ur drs office and ask them what 2 do or 4 another test. Be cautious because i tend to stay away from places like that 4 u may actually surround urself around it.